Day around the Bay

On Saturday April 14th we got the chance to hang out with our friends the Spoons. We met up with them at a marine mammal center and watched the volunteers feed the sea lions that were there rehabilitating. We also spent some time at the beach, and a discovery play center. As we were driving around we were also able to see some amazing views. Here are some pictures from our day with the Spoons:

Like we said before, the weather was beautiful all weekend.

Sea Lion's lounging at the mammal rescue center.

Ducks enjoying the cool lagoon.

View of the Golden Gate from outside the harbor; San Francisco is in the background.

We barely managed to get set up in time to catch the sunset.

It was so windy on the point that we could not leave our camera on the tripod to shoot both of us.

Enjoying the beauty.

Berkeley

During our trip to San Francisco we stayed in Berkeley for two nights with friends.  Berkeley is one of the more interesting towns I have visited and has earned its reputation.  One of the pfotos below is a sign we came across walking back from a breakfast diner.  The sign proudly proclaims the city of Berkeley as a nuclear free zone.  I find it ironic that a place so fueled by the hippie movement in the '70s and environmentally conscious would shun nuclear power; but even more ironic is that the University of California at Berkeley is still one of the few schools left in the United States with a nuclear engineering program.  Below are pictures we snapped walking around the neighborhood and driving through Berkeley's campus.

The diner we ate at had model trains decorating the walls and one running along a track.

I managed to capture a great shot of Mackenzie and Willie laughing during conversation.

See above for my thoughts on this.

The Golden Gate, prominent across the bay, from the rooftop.

Berkeley in the distance (also from apartment rooftop).

San Francisco Trip

This weekend Elise and I are visiting friends in the San Francisco Bay area.  Over the next few days we will posts our different adventures around the bay.  Upon arriving in the city we drove by the civic center.  After finding parking and walking ten blocks we were able to get a few shots in the fading daylight under heavy clouds. (Minutes later it started pouring; the walk back to the car was very wet.)